Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:35:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.10 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump’s shake-up of diplomatic corps https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/07/12/state-department-starts-firing-more-than-1350-workers-in-trumps-shake-up-of-diplomatic-corps/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:33:05 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= U.S. President Donald Trump (File photo/Reuters)

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]]> Trump administration tightens social media vetting for foreign students https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/06/19/trump-administration-tightens-social-media-vetting-for-foreign-students/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:38:53 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= United States Department of State logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

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]]> Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/06/16/trump-administration-weighs-adding-36-countries-to-travel-ban-memo-says/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:40:19 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= U.S. President Donald Trump stands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he prepares to depart for Hagerstown, Maryland, at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

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]]> US State Dept resumes processing Harvard student visas after judge’s ruling https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/06/10/us-state-dept-resumes-processing-harvard-student-visas-after-judges-ruling/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:23:22 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= A student walks on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi

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]]> Trump administration ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/03/09/trump-administration-ends-iraqs-waiver-to-buy-iranian-electricity/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:04:20 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= Washington D.C. USA – The Trump administration has let a waiver allowing Iraq to pay Iran for electricity lapse, a State Department spokesperson said on Saturday, saying Washington will not allow Tehran any degree of economic or financial relief. “The President’s maximum pressure campaign is designed to end Iran’s nuclear threat, curtail its ballistic missile program,

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]]> Hundreds of US diplomats join letter to Rubio to protest dismantling of USAID https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/03/06/hundreds-of-us-diplomats-join-letter-to-rubio-to-protest-dismantling-of-usaid/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:58:56 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= The USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 3. (Kent Nishimura/Reuters)

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]]> Trump administration puts on leave USAID staff globally in dramatic aid overhaul https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/02/05/trump-administration-puts-on-leave-usaid-staff-globally-in-dramatic-aid-overhaul/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:48:07 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= The USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 3. (Kent Nishimura/Reuters)

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]]> Blinken in Egypt seeking progress towards ceasefire Gaza deal https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2024/08/20/blinken-in-egypt-seeking-progress-towards-ceasefire-gaza-deal/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:06:15 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= Alamein, Egypt — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Egypt on Tuesday, pushing for areas of possible progress on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal in talks planned for later this week, with major areas of dispute left unresolved. Blinken arrived in Egypt from Tel Aviv, where he said Israeli Prime Minister

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